Global Patent Index - EP 0391316 A1

EP 0391316 A1 19901010 - Electronic control unit for washing or drying machines.

Title (en)

Electronic control unit for washing or drying machines.

Title (de)

Elektronisches Steuergerät für Waschmaschinen oder für Trockner.

Title (fr)

Unité de commande pour lave-linge ou sèche-linge.

Publication

EP 0391316 A1 19901010 (EN)

Application

EP 90106304 A 19900402

Priority

IT 4571889 A 19890405

Abstract (en)

Electronic control unit for laundry washers, laundry driers and the like, comprising a "master" microprocessor 2 for storing and controlling the sequential steps of each laundering and/or drying programme of any washer and/or drier model to be manufactured, and three "slave" microprocessors 3, 4, 5 adapted respectively to control the energization of the electric motor 10, to permit the activation of selected programmes and to determine the repeated activation and deactivation of the various electric operating components of any machine in the course of any selected programme. The control unit may additionally comprise separate interfaces 35, 36, 37 connectable to said "master" microprocessor 2 and adapted respectively to permit the functionality of each selected programme to be verified, to impose work programmes and check programmes on the microprocessor, and to permit the execution of each work programme of any machine to be monitored at a central location remote from the respective machine.

IPC 1-7

G05B 19/04

IPC 8 full level

G05B 19/042 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G05B 19/0421 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT DE ES FR GB IT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0391316 A1 19901010; IT 1234691 B 19920526; IT 8945718 A0 19890405

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 90106304 A 19900402; IT 4571889 A 19890405